Burglar-proof express-car.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1903,

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PATENTED JULY 7, 1903.

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No. '732,802. 'PATENTED JULY 7. 1903.

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BURGLAR PROOF EXPRESS GAR.

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PATENT OFFICE.

BURGLAR-PROOF' EXPRESS-CAR;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,802, dated July 7,1903.

Application filed llovemher fi, 19Q2. Serial No. 130.267. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. VAUGHAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Granite, in the county of Greer andTerritory of Oklahoma,have invented a new and useful Burglar-Proof Express-Oar; and I dohereby ferred from the interior to the exterior of the car to expose theassailants to the express messenger and other persons within and preventthe same from being seen from without,

vide a burglar-proof express-car having a.

plurality of normally closed loop-holes or port-holes adapted to bereadily opened to permit firearms to be protruded through the sides andends of the car and aimed in the direction of those attacking the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a car having doorsarranged flush with the outer faces of the sides and ends of the car toprevent a charge of dynamite fro being exploded effectively thereat.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts, hereinafter described and shown, and particularly pointed out inthe claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a burglar-proof express-car constructed in accordance withthis invention and shown closed. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the upper portion of the car,the lamps being arranged on the exterior. Fig. 4 is a plan view, the topof the car being removed. -Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of.the upper portion of the car. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view ofone end of the car, illustrating the arrangement of the doors.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an express-car designed to haveits lower portion constructed of steel or other, bullet-proof material,and this bullet-proof portion will extend the height of a person toprevent robbers from firing through the sides or ends of the car. Thecar is designed to be provided with side and end doors 2 and 3, whichhave their outer faces flush with the outer faces holes or port-holes 5to enable suitable firearms to be protruded through the walls of thecar, and the said blocks,which are cylindrical, are provided withsuitable journals and are locked with their imperforate portions at theouter face of the car by means of hooks 6 or other suitable fasteningdevices. hooks are adapted to be readily disengaged from the rotarycylindrical blocks to permit the same to be turned to arrange theportholes or loop-holes in position for use. By journaling the blocks inthis manner they are also adapted to be turned to enable a firearm to beaimed in the desired direction.

The upper portion of the sides of the car are provided with apertures 7,which are normall y covered by automatically-closing shutters 8 andwhich are opened by lamp-carrying slides 9, adapted, as hereinafterexplained, to transfer the lamps or other lighting devices from theinterior to the exterior of the car to light up the exterior and exposethe assailants and at the sametime'to provide a darkened interior toprevent the persons inside of the car frombeing seen-bythose outside. Bythis construction the persons defending'the car are enabled to aim theirWeapons with great accuracy and without any danger to themselves. Theshutters,

These which are hinged at the top at 10, are provided with arms 11 andwhen opened are arranged at a slight inclination and are adapted, asthey lie above the lighting devices, to serve as reflectors for throwingthe light downward to enable persons and objects on the exterior to beclearly seen. These shutters are constructed of sheet metal and aredesigned to be provided with polished inner faces to enable them to formeffective reflectors. The arms 11, which are arranged at right angles tothe plane of the shutters, eX- teud from the inner faces of the sameadja cent to the hinged ends thereof, and those at the opposite sides ofthe car are connected in pairs by springs 12, which automatically closethe shutters and which permit the same to be opened by thelight-carrying slides when the latter are moved outward. The slides 9are arranged on transverse bars 13 and move in guides ll, consisting ofmetallic sleeves or cull's secured to the transverse bars and extendingupward therefrom. The transverse bars which extend entirely across thecar are provided with central stops 15, and the slides are connected bylinks 10 with arms 17, which extend upward from rockshafts 18. Theserock-shafts, which are journaled in suitable bearings of the endsof thecar, are provided with laterally-extending arms 19, having dependinghandles 20, by means of which the shafts 18 are rocked to move theslides inward and outward. The slides are provided at their outer endswith upwardlyextending arms 21 for engaging the shutters for opening thesame and for supporting the shutters in their opened position. Thelighting devices, which may be of any desired form, preferably consistof lamps having reservoirs 22 fixed to the slides and carrying burners.The globes 23 or other forms of chimneys are mounted on arms 24 and 25of upper rock-shafts 26, which are adapted to be partially rotated tolift the globes from the reservoirs of the lamps to permit the latter tobe moved outward to the exterior of the car. moved and the lamps arecarried outward, the burners afford a large flaring light and thoroughlyilluminate the exterior of the car. The arm 25 is provided with anextension 27, projecting in ward from one rock-shaft 26 and arranged toengage the other rock-shaft 26 to limit the movement of theglobe-carrying arms. The upper rock-shafts 26 are provided withinwardly-extending arms 28, to which is connected an operating-bar 29,provided with an opening 30 and having opposite teeth or ratchets 31arranged to engage a rod 32, which passes through the opening 30 of theoperating-bar. The operating-barisadapted to be moved upward anddownward to rock the upper shafts for raising and lowering the globes.

It will thus be seen that the car is not only burglar-proof, but thatthe lamps are transferred from the interior to the exterior to ex Whenthe globes are re pose persons outside the car and to conceal thoseinside the car and that the movable port-holes will permit firearms tobe aimed in difierent directions.

It will be understood that various changes in the detail of constructionwithin the scope of the appended claims may be made without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantagesthereof.

What I claim is l. A car provided with a rotary block having a port-holeor loop-hole and adapted to be turned to expose and conceal the same,and a locking device arranged on the interior of the car for holding theblock against movement, substantially as described.

2. The combination ofa car,having an aperture, a movable lighting devicearranged on the interior of the car, means fortransferring the same tothe exterior of the car, and a shutter normally closing the aperture,and arranged to be automatically opened by the lighting device,substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination ofa car having an aper ture, a shutter normallycovering the same, a lighting device arranged on the interior of thecar, means operable by the lighting device for automatically opening theshutter and means for transferring the lighting de vice to the exteriorof the car, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a car having an aper ture, a shutter normallycovering the same, and arranged to form a reflector when open, and amovable light-carrying device provided with a light and arranged toextend through the aperture for opening the shutter and for transferringthe light from the interior to the exterior of the car, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of a car having an aperture, an automatically-closing shutter,a lighting device, and a movable devicecarrying the lighting device and movable through the aperture totransfer the lighting device from the interior to the exterior of thecar, said movable device being provided with means for opening theshutter and for supporting the same in an open position, substantiallyas described.

6. The combination of a car provided at opposite sides with apertures,shutters hinged to the car at the exterior thereof, a spring connectingthe shutters and holding the same normally closed, and movablelight-carrying devices arranged to engage and open the shutters andadapted to transfer lights from the interior to the exterior of the car,substantially as described.

7. The combination of a car provided with opposite apertures,automatically closing shutters, slides movable through the apertures toopen the shutters and provided with arms for supporting the same in anopen position and lamps carried by the slides and movable from theinterior to the exterior of the car, substantially as described.

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8. The combination of a car provided with opposite apertures, shutters,slides provided with lamps and arranged to extend through the apertures,rock-shafts having arms connected with the slides and means for operatin g the rock-shafts,substantially as described.

slides, and means for operatingthe rockshafts, substantially asdescribed.

11. The combination of a car having apertures and provided withshutters, upper and lower rock-shafts provided with arms, slidesconnected with arms of the lower rock-shafts,

lamps having separable reservoirs and globes mounted respectively on theslides and on the arms of the upper rock-shafts, means for operating thelower rock-shafts, an operatingbar connected with the upper rock-shafts,and

having an opening and provided thereat with teeth, and a fixed devicearranged to be engaged by the teeth, substantially as described. Intestimony whereof I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JOHN W. VAUGHAN.

Witnesses:

A. L. ELLIOTT, THOS. H. BROWN.

